76 Materials and Their Handling 



the repair of broken down machines, and, partic- 

 ularly, shortage of some one necessary item. 



This brings to mind again Mr. Gantt's saying, 

 quoted in Chapter 5, relative to having "all the 

 material when you want it." 



The Production or Planning Department. 

 Some one or some department must be responsi- 

 ble for the movement of the material in connection 

 with every order that goes through the factory. 

 That responsibility may be stated thus: 



Some one must 



1. Requisition the material out of the store 

 room. 



2. Schedule its movement to the first opera- 

 tion and to each successive one. 



3. Describe the operations to be performed. 



4. Fix the order in which they are to be done. 



5. Determine the preference in relation to 

 other orders. 



6. Name the machines on which the work is 

 to be done. 



7. Schedule the dates through the succession 

 of operations to the time of completion. 



In a modern, highly organized plant, this layout 

 for the movement of material is made by a pro- 

 duction or planning department. This depart- 

 ment takes over all the clerical work involved in 

 the layout; designates the order of work to be 

 done by each man or machine; supplies the neces- 

 sary instruction cards, tool lists, drawings, and 



